My Darling Asleep

This is a tune that I've played many times in sessions, but I was always playing a strummed rhythm. Recently, I was going through some old guitar books and magazines and I found a book that I didn't even remember buying called "DADGAD tuning," by Julie Henigan.

Her version was played in a more linear style. I chose more of a cross-string style, where the notes are played on different strings. This cascades the notes, more like a harp. I also made use of the octave strings to play a couple of the melody notes.

This tune is supposed to be a jig but to me, it feels like it should be a lullaby. I hope you enjoy what I've done with it. I played my small bodied Lowden 12-string in DADGAD lowered one full step to CGCFGC. Of course, with the capo on the 2nd fret, I am in the key of D.

As before, I tabbed this out with a program called eTktab, which I then exported into a text file. Not perfect, and not very pretty, but it gets the idea across. The program is a free download and it works with Windows, Mac or Linux. If it is difficult to read here, you can copy & paste it into a text file. Post a reply if you run into any problems.





D |----------0--------|--4-----0-----------|--------------------|-
A |----------------7--|-----7-----4-----0--|-----0-----0--------|-
G |-------------------|--------------4-----|--4-----0--------0--|-
D |-------------------|--0-----------------|-----------0--------|-
A |-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-
D |-------------------|--------------------|--5-----------------|-



D |----------0-----4--|--5-p4--------4-h5--|--4-----0-----------|-
A |-------0-----7-----|-----------7--------|-----7-----4-----0--|-
G |----0--------------|-------[0]----------|--------------4-----|-
D |-4-----------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|-
A |-------------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|-
D |-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-


|1.
D |-------------------|-----------0-----4--|--5--------0--------|-
A |----0-----0--------|--------0-----7-----|-----7-----------7--|-
G |-4-----0--------0--|-----0--------------|--------6-----------|-
D |----------0--------|--4-----------------|-----------0--------|-
A |-------------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|-
D |-5-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-





|2.
D |--5--------0--------|-
A |-----7--------0-----|-
G |--------6--------0--|-
D |--------------------|-
A |--0-----------------|-
D |--------------------|-




D |----------0--------|--------------------|-----------0-----4--|-
A |-------0-----0-----|--------0-----0-----|--------0-----7-----|-
G |----0-----------0--|-----0-----4-----0--|-----0--------------|-
D |-4-----------------|--4-----------------|--4-----------------|-
A |-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-
D |-------------------|-----------5--------|--------------------|-



D |-5-p4--------4-h5--|--4-----0-----------|--------------------|-
A |----------7--------|-----7-----4-----0--|-----0-----0--------|-
G |------[0]----------|--------------4-----|--4-----0--------0--|-
D |-------------------|--0-----------------|-----------0--------|-
A |-0-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-
D |-------------------|--------------------|--5-----------------|-



D |----------0-----4--|--5--------0--------|-
A |-------0-----7-----|-----7--------------|-
G |----0--------------|--------6-----------|-
D |-4-----------------|-----------0--------|-
A |-------------------|--0-----------------|-
D |-------------------|--------------------|-



Note: The open string inside of the bracket [0] indicates that the melody note is played on the octave string of the 12-string guitar. If you are playing a 6-string guitar, the note can be played on the 5th fret of the first string.